Candidats. English

The candidates : amateurs and professionals in French politics / Étienne Ollion ; translated from the French by Katharine Throssell.

9780197665992

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2024.

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In 2017, the French political class experienced a small revolution. After decades marked by the ever more pronounced presence of career politicians in positions of power, the country elected a new President with limited experience. And in the aftermath of Emmanuel Macron's victory, an unusual legislature was elected. Rejuvenated, feminised, it was also made up of more than a hundred complete political novices. In 'The Candidates', Étienne Ollion follows an ethnographic journey among these new MPs, while drawing on massive digital data analysed with artificial intelligence methods. The result is a gripping story about their discovery of this peculiar world, which sheds lights on pressing contemporary debates about democratic rejuvenation.

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April 09, 2024

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